The imprint of the extragalactic background light in the gamma-ray spectra of blazars

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6111, 2012, Pages 1190-1192

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; GAMMA RADIATION; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84870185806     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1227160     Document Type: Article

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